Bottle-seal.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

E. J. BROOKS.

BOTTLE SEAL.

APPLICATION I'ILBD MAR. 17, 1905.

1 ES: W TNESS INVENTOR UNITED STATES Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT FFICE.

BOTTLE-SEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,849, dated July 18,1905.

Application filed lllarc 17, 1905. Serial No. 250,679.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LEDWARD J Bnooxsa citizen of the United States, and aresident of East Orange, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Bottle-Seals, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to means for securely closingor for securing theclosures of bottles, jars, jugs, demijohns, and the like, so as toinsure the detection of any tampering with the contents of the bottle,as such receptacles are hereinafter termed, and thus to prevent suchtampering and to enable users to guarantee the purity and standardquality of such contents.

The present invention consists in a novel cap for such bottles adaptedto be cheaply manufactured from small pieces of tin (tinplate) or othersuitable sheet metal and to be used in combinationwith a lead-and-wireseal or the like.

The invention further consists in certain novel combinations of partsembodied in the sealing device as a whole, as hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one species of the improved sealdetached. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same applied to a bottle andfastened. Figs. 3 and 4: are respectively top and sectional views of amodified cap part, illustrating a second species. Figs. 5 and 6 are likeviews illustrating a third species. Figs. 7 and 8 are like viewsillustrating a fourth species, and Fig. 9 is a top view illustrating amodification of the species first named.

Like reference characters indicate like parts in all the figures.

In each of the species the improved seal includes a cap part a or a or(t or a or a of flexible sheet metal, adapted to fit within and to closeor amply protect the mouth of an ordinary bottle B and constructed withtwo or more flexible ears 1, 2, 3, and 4 or 1 and 2, each of them archedat 5 to embrace the lip 6 of the bottle and adapted to extend downwardly at the sides of the neck 7, a flexible shackled, of wire or thelike, inseparably interlocked with each of said ears near itslower end,and a seal part 0, preferably of lead or other suitable compressiblematerial, fast on one end of said shackle and adapted to be readilythreaded by the other end and to serve as a sheave in tightening theshackle 6 around the neck of the bottle and to be then press-fastened bya suitable seal-press to complete the sealing operation.

In all the species the means for interlocking the shackle with theseveral ears 1, 2, 3, and 4 or 1 and 2 of the cap part preferably andconveniently consists of a transverse or horizontal indentation 8 ineach ear and a central staple 9, integral with the metal of the ear andprojecting outwardly.

In the species represented by Figs. 1 and 2 four ears 1, 2, 3, and 1, asabove described,

are formed by the several extremities of two crossed pieces 10 and 11,of sheet metal, permanently united with each other by a central eyelet12, integral with one or both of the strips, or by an equivalent centralfastening, and a pair of circular disks (Z and a, of suitable paper orcardboard, are attached, respectively, above and beneath the bodyportions of said sheet-metal pieces 10 and 11, the uppermost, (Z, beingconveniently united therewith by said central fastening l2 and thelowermost, 0, attached by suitable cement. The upper disk d mayconveniently be provided with suitable lettering or otherdistinguishing-marks, as represented at 13 in Fig. 1, and the bodyportion formed by the two disks and the sheet-metal parts between themis adapted to close down upon an annular shoulder 14 within thebottle-mouth above or as a substitute for a cork f or other closure.

In the species represented by Figs. 3 and 4 the seal is made without thepaper disks (Z and c of the first species, the cap part 0/ consistingwholly of crossed pieces 10 and 11, of sheet metal, united with eachother by a central eyelet 12, which in this -species is convenientl yformed integral with the upper piece of sheet metal and clenched beneaththe other piece, as shown in Fig. 1. Otherwise the improved sealconstructed according to this species will or may be identical with theseal first described. In this form the seal is secure a known orimproved closure f.

intended to be used with or without a supplemental loose disk or a pairof such disks to The cap part itself may carry suitabledistinguishing-marks 15.

In the species represented by Figs. 5 and 6 the sheet-metal cap part (4"comprises a ring 16, adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottle andformed integral with a pair of ears 1 and 2. A paper disk 0' is cementedto the lower surface of said ring, and lettering or distinguishing-marks17 on the paper are exposed to view by the central opening of said ring.

In the species represented by Figs. 7 and 8 the improved seal is or maybe identical with that of the third species last described, except thatits lettering and distinguishing-marks 18 as a whole are carried by adisk portion 19 of the sheet-metal cap part ct.

The modification represented by Fig. 9 consists in making the improvedseal of the first species with only one sheet-metal part 10 instead oftwo, where a single pair of ears 1 and 2, in connection with the shackleI) and seal part 0, afford sufiicient security.

The lower paper disk 0 or e" in said first, third, and fourth speciesand in the modification last described may obviously be loose, ifpreferred, or, in other words, the improved seal may be usedinconnection with the paper disks that are now or may hereafter be used bymilk-dealers and others. The seal part 0 may be self-fastening, ifpreferred, and other like modifications will suggest themselves to thoseskilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention anddesire to patent un-' der this specification 1. The combination,-in abottle-seal, of a cap part composed of strips of sheet metal crossed atthe center of the cap and permanently united with each other by acentral fastening and terminating in flexible ears projecting downwardlyat the sides of the neck of the bottle, a flexible shackle of wire orthe like extending around the neck of the bottle and interlocked withsaid ears, and a seal part adapted to unite the ends of said shacklewith each other.

2. The combination, in a bottle-seal, of a cap part of sheet metalhaving a body portion adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottle andflexible ears having arches to fit over the lip of the bottle andadapted to extend downwardly at the sides of the neck, a labelingdiskattached to the top of said body portion,

a flexible shackle of wire or the like interlocked with said ears andadapted to extend around the neck of the bottle, and a seal part adaptedto unite the ends of said shackle with each other.

3. The combination, in abottle-seal, of a cap part of sheet metal havinga body portion adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottle andflexible ears having arches to fit over the lip of the bottle andadapted to extend downwardly at the sides of the neck, a paper diskattached to the bottom of said body portion, a flexible shackle of wireor the like interlocked with said ears and adapted to extend around theneck of the bottle, and a seal part adapted to unite the ends of saidshackle with each other.

4. The combination, in a bottle-seal, of a cap part composed of twostrips of sheet metal crossed at the center of the cap and permanentlyunited with each other by a central fastening, said cap having a bodyportion adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottle and flexible earshaving arches to fit over the lip of the bottle and adapted to extenddownwardly at the sides of the neck, a labeling-disk attached to the topof said body portion by said central fastening, a flexible shackle ofwire or the like interlocked with said ears and adapted to extend aroundthe neck of the bottle, and a seal part adapted to unite the ends ofsaid shackle with each other.

5. The combination, in a bottle-seal, of a cap part composed of twostrips of sheet metal crossed at the center of the cap and permanentlyunited with each other by a central fastening, said cap part having abody portion adapted to fit within the mouth of the bottle and flexibleears having arches to fit over the lip of the bottle and adapted toextend downwardly at the sides of the neck, a pair of paper disksattached to the top and bottom of said body portion, the uppermostattached to the top of said body portion by said central fastening, aflexible shackle of wire or the like interlocked with said ears andadapted to extend around the neck of the bottle, and a compressible sealpart adapted to unite the ends of said shackle with each other and to bepressfastened to complete the sealing operation, substantiallyashereinbefore specified.

EDWARD J. BROOKS.

WVitnesses:

ELLEN J. BRooKs, ELINOR BRooKs.

